MEDIA ADVISORY: Tele-Press Conference on Environmental Risks Facing Major Business Sectors in South Asia

WHAT: The World Resources Institute (WRI) and HSBC’s Climate Change Centre of Excellence will hold a Tele-press conference to discuss three new reports analyzing the environmental risks facing the electricity, food & beverage and building sectors in South Asia. The three-part series is meant to help journalists, analysts and investors understand how water scarcity and climate change will affect companies in each of the three sectors in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The reports and other press materials will be released Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. U.S. EST. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Jessica Forres at 202-729-7736 or jforres@wri.org.

WHEN:
Friday, April 16, 2010
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. U.S. EST

HOW:
(For journalists calling from outside the following countries, please call the U.K. or U.S. phone numbers)

Thailand 001-800-1206-65086
Malaysia 1-800-80-8104
India 000-800-852-1221
Indonesia 001-803-011-3503
Hong Kong 852-2286-5634 or 800-964-678
Singapore 65-6883-9199 or 800-120-4149
Japan 81-3-5539-5157 or 00531-12-1421
United Kingdom 44-20-7098-0715
United States 203-480-8025 or 866-523-9995

Participant Passcode: 4129433

WHO:
Piet Klop, acting director of WRI’s Markets and Enterprise Program
Nick Robins, head of HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence
Roshan Padamadan, analyst at HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence